Kate
Dharma (www.dharmatrading.com) has some really nice fabric paints that I
have successfully used on some nylon lycra content fabrics. Nothing quite
so stretchy as what you're undertaking, but they (the paints) were very
washable and were all water-soluble)
I was creating a jumpsuit for the Pharoah in "Joseph...Dreamcoat" and
utilized stamps to press on my designs in the paint. You might be able to
stamp on your animal print. The stamp remains on the surface, giving good
color, yet leaving the fabric stretchy underneath since not completely
saturated through.
-Best source for cat fur (need long for stage purposes)?
Fur outlets on the net: http://www.fauxpawfurs.com/;
http://www.furoutlet.com/
> -Ideas for attaching bits of fur to leotards?
I usually cut the fur from underneath to avoid the "shedding" problem. It
can be sewn that way as well. However, given the show and the kind of fur
you will want, I would consider utilizing the new chenille yarns that are
available. I recently used them on a dance costume to create a shattered
look, and they would probably read as fur if you used the right quantity.
The yarn would be easily attached, either by hand or with zig zag stitching.
If I were doing the project, I would probably attach the yarn to a loose
sweater knit and create my own version of long haired fur. Perhaps even a
combo of both, with the yarn providing some length sewn into the fur patches
would work.
The fur I have found available is all somewhat stiff and does not lend
itself to being sewn onto a dance leotard without limiting some of the
flexibility a leotard is intended to provide.
-I have to build some of the unitards (can't buy for some of the bigger
actor/dancers) and plan to use stretch velour for some of them. Ideas
for painting to retain the velour feel?
Again, I had success with stamping. You might even use a large piece of
sponge to apply the paint to the surface of the fabric.
Best of luck
angela
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Angela F. Lazear
Cabbage Rose Costumes
Theatrical Costume Design
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none:
be able for thine enemy rather in power than use,
and keep thy friend under thy own life's key:
be checked for silence, but never taxed for speech..."
All's Well That Ends Well 1.1.65-6, Countess to Bertram
W. Shakespeare
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